Operating and maintenance record for vehicles



Dec. 1, 1925 1,563,864

0. JUVET OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE RECORD FOR VEHICLES Filed 86. 1, 19242 Sheets-Sheet 1 [31:21 Juvet Dec. 1, 1925 1,563,864

0. JUVET OPERATING AND MAINTEIIANCE RECORD FOR VEHICLES Filed Dec. 1,1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. '1, 1925.

UNITED STATES OBEL JUVET, OF FERNDALE, WASHINGTON.

v OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE RECORD FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed December 1, 1924. Serial No. 753,349.

To all 10710112. it may concern:

Be it known that I, OBEY. JUvE'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ferndale, in the county of VVhatcom and State oflVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in anOperating and Maintenance Record for Vehicles, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in maintenance records.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of improvedmaintenance record structure which may be used on automotive vehicles,for the purpose of recording expenditures in connection therewith, etc.

A further object of this invention is the provision of an improvedmaintenance record which may be compactly associated with a vehicle,such as on the instrument board thereof, and included as a permanentpart thereof, for the purpose of expeditiously entering expenditures andother facts in connection with the maintenance and'operation of theautomotive vehicle.

Other objects and advantages of this invention consist more specificallyin the details of the improved maintenance record, and will be apparentduring the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andwherein similar reference characters designate corre. sponding partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the application of the improvedmaintenance record, upon a vehicle instrument board, or the like,showing it in closed position.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken through the improvedmaintenancerecord in closed position substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken through the improvedmaintenance record, showing the same open and in position to permitentry of record data upon the leaves of the file portion thereof.

Figure 4 is a view taken substantially on the lin 4 4. of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the loose leaf binder andindexing features of the invention, with the improved record open.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view taken through the loose leaf binderand index portion of the improved records, with the details aspositioned in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line '4'7of Figure 4.

Figure 8 is a cross sectional view taken longitudinally through theloose leaf binder structure used with this invention.

Figures 9 and 10 are cross sectional views taken through the loose leafbinder structure of the improved maintenance record, showing the same inclosed and open positions.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only apreferred embodiment of this invention the letter A may generallydesignate the improved maintenance record, which is preferably adaptedfor use upon a support such as an instrument board B.

The maintenance record construction preferably includes a casing 10';supporting member or plate 11; closure 12 which like wise acts as asupport with the plate 11; loose leaf binder means 13; and lid mem ber14:.

The casing 10 is preferably of sheet metal, and rectangular information, including the top and bottom walls 16 and 17 respectively;front wall- 18; and side walls 19 and 20; all of said walls except therear wall 18 at their rear edges being outwardly flanged, to provide therectangular retaining flange 21; the compartment 22 of the casing 10being opened from this end of the casing to accommodate details of themaintenance record, as will be subsequently mentioned. The casing 10 ispreferably supponted in anopening 25 provided in the supporting wall orinstrument board B, and so that the retaining flanges 21 abut the outersurface of the instrument board B, substantially as is illustrated inthe drawings. In thispositi-on the casing l0 extends forwardly from theplane of the instrument board B, preferably at right angles, and thecasing thus has a very compact assemblage upon the instrument board,with the depth of the casing running transversely of said instrumentboard. The casing 10 is preferably attached to the instrument board B bymeans of screws 27, or

like securing elements, extending trans- 105 versely through thesidewalls 19 and 20 and the basewall17, as is nuanced in the drawings.By this arrangement'the heads of thescrews face the com artment 22, and

the attachment elements 2 are not visible at the instrument board sideof the casing. The side walls 19 and 20 are preferably provided withlongitudinally extending slots and 31 therein, and which-slots 30 and 31at the rear end of the casing, are upturned, at 30, to cooperate with.the support of the filing leaves, as will be subsequently described,

The support member 11, on which the loose leaf binder structure iscarried, is preferably formed of a sheet 'of metal, or any approvedmaterial adaptable for the purpose. It is preferably rectangular information, and of just sufficient width that the same may comfortablyslide in the compartment 22. For the major length thereof it is plane,and at, the rear end 35 thereof it is upturned out of its plane, androlled at 36, to support a pin 37 therethrough.v

This pin 37 at itsends extends into slots 30 and 31 of-the casing 10,and isprovided with heads 38 to-prevent detachment of the pin from thecasln'g andfrom the support member 11. The. member 11 slides longlludinally within the casing 10,-and when entirely disposed in the casing10 it. lies parallel upon the bottom 17 of the casing 10, exceptthat atthe front-end the member 11 is upturned,a s is illustrated in Figure 2of the drawings. In order to withdraw the loose leaf binder supportingmember 11 from the casing 10 it is merely neces-. sary to rearwardl pullthe same, and it will slide rearwardily through the opening in thecasing 10, and, as the whereby to facilitate entry of recordson the'leaves of the'binder structure. In order. to

hold the loose leaf binder supporting mem ber 11 in retracted positionin the. compartment of the casing 10, it is preferred to provide a;spring40, which at its'lower end is arcuated, and adapted to snap behindthe barrel portion36 of the binder supportin member 11, when the latteris in retracte "position in the compartment of the casing 1( and as isillustrated in Fi re 2 of the drawin 's. In this position t e spring 40will he dthe binder supporting member 11 retracted, requiring manualurge to displace" the same from the casing. -It is to be noted that thelower swinging end of the spring in 37 slides into the upwardly curveden s 30 of the .slots" 30 and 31,, the member 11 1 will tip downwardlyat the instrument board B, to

incline at a slight angle to .the horizontal,-

the loose amazes beneath the binder supporting member 11 when theclosure 12 is in open position, in order to support said closure 12 1nsubstantially the same plane as the binder sup ortlng member 11. Thisprovides a plat form for support of a persons hand when writmg on theleaves of the binder structure. The closure 12 is provided with a fingerengaging projection 45, at the free edge thereof.

In closed ition when the binder su porting mem r 11 is in the casing 10,t e closure 12 may be swung from a horizontal position upwardly intoclosed relation with the open end of the casing'lO. It is held in closedposition by means of a springtongue 47, which engages through an openmg48 in the outer end of the closure 12, substantially as is illustratedin the drawmgs. It is to be noted that a recess 49 is geferably providedin the instrument board and in the rear end of the casing 10, tofacilitate swingin of the lug 44 so-that the closure 12 may positionedin horizontal or closed vertical relation.

' Referring to the construction of the loose leaf binder device 13, thesame is preferably fixed upon the top surface of the member 11,longitudinally thereof, and referably adjacent one side thereof. T isloose leaf binder preferably comprises a back 49, in the form 'of acasing or housing which comprises the arcuate sprin pieces 50 and 51,

longitudinally connecte at their edge, so that in cross section theseportions provide an oval sha ed chamber 55, with the piece 51 connect at51' to the member 11. At its ends the back 49 provides the caps 53 and54 to enclose the compartment or chamber,

55. Within the compartmentit is preferred to provide ring sup ortingstrips '57 and 58,-which are prefera 1 plane, and at their meeting edgesare hel 1n assembled relation by means of rivets 59. At the remotelongitudinal, ed esthereof the same are in engagement wit the meetingedges ofv the s ring ieces 50 and 51 to normally retain t e springs 50and 51 under a tension with the strips 57 and'58 in the same plane. Theimproved loose leaf binder structure 13 includes a plurality of .ringsfor supporting eaves, and each of said rings includes segments 59 and60, respectively su ported bythe strips 57 and 58, and extendlng throughopenin 61 provided in the top portion 50 of the binder back; the meetingedges of said ring segments 59 and be1ng adapted to move into'spacedrelation when the strips 57 and 58 are obliquely disposed, as isillustrated in Figure 10 of the drawings.

The lid 14 is preferably provided for cooperation over the loose leavessupported by the binder structure 13, and it: is preferably formed of aone-piece body which at fner lugs 62, depending from the plane of thelid 14, and having openings therein adapted to align Withopeningsprovided in upstanding lugs or ears 63 carried by the loose leaf bindersupporting member 11,adjacent the binder back 49. In closed position onthe suppoiting member 11 the lid or support member 14 is located as isillus: trated in Figure 7 of the drawings. At its free swinging end itis preferred to provide the same with a pencil supporting clip 65, whichmay support a pencil 66 longitudinally at the lower side thereof; thepencil clip being adapted to engage the supporting member 11 when thelid 14 is closed, as is illustrated in Figure 7 of the drawings. ,Inopen position the lid 14 swings as is illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 ofthe drawings, and when in open position the same is supported in openrelation by the loose leaf binder supporting member 11, to receive theleaves from the loose leaf binder structure, and provide a supporttherefor.

In connection with the support of the loose leaves, it is preferred toprovide a back leaf 70, which may have a pocket 71 therein, within whichthe drivers license; registration certificate; and like may be carried.The loose leaves 73 are carried by the rings of the binder structure 13,resting on the back 71, and these leaves 73 may be suitably indexed,with tabs 74, or like expedients, to ascertain the correct position inwhich particular entries may take place, in connection with recordingdata pertinent to the maintenance and operation of the vehicle uponwhich the improved maintenance record A is provided.

From the foregoing description ofthis invention it is apparent that a.novel type of maintenance record has been provided,-

which may be compactly located on vehicle instrument boards and thelike, in order to conveniently make entries pertinent to oper-' ationand maintenance of the vehicle.

Various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be madeto the form of invention herein shown and described, Without departingfrom the spirit of this invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a maintenance record of the class described the combination of acasing having an opening therein, a suppoiting plate slid-ably connectedto the casing so that it I may be positioned Within the casing orextended from the opening thereof in supported relation by said casing,and loose leaf binding means connected adjacent aside edge of saidsupporting plate.

2. In a maintenance record construction the combination of a supportingcasing providing a compartment therein and having an opening at an endthereof, a supporting plate slidably connected to said casing-so thatthe same may be disposed within the compartment of the casing I orextended therefrom through the opening f the easing, and binder meanscarried by the sup-- porting plate.

-3. In a maintenance record construction the combination of a supportingcasing providing a compartment therein and having an opening at an endthereof, a supporting plate slidably connected to said casing so thatthe same may be disposed Within the compartment of the casing orextended therefrom through the opening of the easing, binder meanscarried by the supporting plate, and spring means carried within saidcasing for holding the supporting plate in retracted relation therein.

4. In. a device of the class described the combination of a casing ofsubstantially rectangular formation providing SlClGS having slotslongitudinally thereof, the slots at an end of said casing beingupturned, a binder supporting plate, and pins carried by the bindersupporting plate extending into said slots whereby the plate bindersupporting plate extending into said slots whereby the plate will beguided in its movement with respect ,to said casing, said pins when inthe upturned portion of said slots being adapted to position thesupporting plate in tipped relation outwardly of the opening of saidcasing, and spring means carried within said casing for en-- gaging thesupporting plate to hold the same retracted with respect to the casing.

6; In a record device of the class described the combination of asupporting case providing a compartment therein open at an end of saidcase, a supporting member, means slidably connecting the supportingmember at its inner end to said case so that the supporting member mayhe slid entirely thereof, a supporting member slidable in 4 the easingadapted to extendthrough said opening and a member hingedly carried bysaid supporting member adapted to swing closed over the opening of thecasing when the supporting member is retracted 1n the casin S. In adevice of the class described the combination of a casing open at an endthereof, a supporting member slidable in the casing adapted to extendthrough said opening, a member hingedly carried by said supportingmember adapted to be closed over the opening of the casing when thesupporting member is retracted in the casing, and loose leafbindingmeans sup orted by the supporting member and mova 1e there with. j

9. In a device of the class described the combination of a supportingcasing including side walls and being open at one end thereof,"saidsidewalls having slots extending longitudinally thereof. which at theends thereof adjacent said opening of the casing are upturned, asupporting member of platelike formation including an" upturned end,said upturned end having laterally extending projections extending intosaid slots for slidahly connecting the supporting member to thecasingwhereby the supporting member may be extended in retractedrelation in the casing or extended from the opening thereof into atipped relation with respect to the casing when said projections are inthe upturned portions of said slots, and closure'means for the casing.

10. In a device of the class described the combination of a supportingcasing includmg side walls and being open at one end thereof, said sidewalls and slots extending longitudinally thereof and at the ends thereofadjacent said opening of the casing being upturned, a supporting memberof platelike formation including an upturned end, said upturned endhaving laterally extending projections extending into said slots forshdably connecting the supporting member to the casing whereby thesupporting member may be placed in retracted relation in the casing orextended from the opening thereof into a tipped relation with respect tothe casing when said projections are in the upturned portions of saidslots, closure means for the casing carried by said supporting member atthe end thereof 0 posite to said projections, and loose leaf bin ermeans carried by said supporting member.

11. In a device of the class described the combination of a casing, asupporting member connected with the casin for extension therefrom,binder means carried by the supporting member, and a member hingedlyconnected to said supporting member adapted for lateral extensiontherefrom when the supporting member is extended from the casing wherebyto support leaves of said binder.

12. In a device of the class described the combination of a casing, asupporting member connected with the casing for extension therefrom,binder means carried bythe supporting casing, a member hingedlyconnected to said supporting member adapted for lateral extensiontherefrom when the supporting member is extended from the casing wherebyto support leaves of said binder, and a closure for the casin hingedlycarried by said supporting mem er.

13. In combination a casing including top and bottom walls, side walls,and a front wall, said casing being open rearwardly thereof, said sidewalls having aligning slots extending longitudinally thereof which attheir rear ends upturn toward said opening, a spring carried by thefront wall ex ending into'the casing and at its free end extending intothe space between said slots, :1 supporting member including projectionsextending into said slots for guiding movement of the supporting memberin retracted or extended relation from the casing, said member whenwithin the casing being adapted to be engaged by said spring to hold thesame retracted in the casing, a closure member for the casing hingedlycarried at the rear end of said supporting member, and a loose leafbinder structure carried by said supporting member adjacent a side edgethereof.

14. In combination a casing including top and bottom walls, side walls,and a front wall, said casing being open rearwardly thereof, said sidewalls having alignin slots extending longitudinally thereof WhlCh attheir rear ends upturn toward said opening, a spring carried by thefront Wall extending into the casing and at its free end extending intothe space between said slots, a supporting member including projectionsextending into said slots forguiding movement of the supporting memberin retracted or extended relation from the casing, said member whenwithin the casing being adapted to be engaged by said spring to hold thesame retracted in the casing, a closure memher for the casing hingedlycarried at the 7 15. In a record device of the class described thecombination of a supportingcase providing a. compartment therein openat' an end of said case, a supporting member, means slldably connectingthe supportmg member at 1ts mner end to said case so that the supportingmember may be slid entirely into 7 the case and extended therefromthrough the case opening to provide a table, record entry means on saidsupporting member, closure means for the opening of said case, andspring means carried by the supporting case at the inner end of itscompartment for engaging the supporting member when the latter isretracted in the case to hold the same steady and normally retainedwithin the case against accidental displacement.

16. In a maintenance record of the class described the combination of acasing having an opening therein, a supporting plate slidably carriedwithin said casing and adapted to be extended through the openingthereof and supported in tipped relation thereby, a loose leaf bindermember carried by said supporting member upwardly thereof at a sidethereof, a closure member hinged to the outer end of said supportingmember, and catch means for connecting the closure member to the casingto provide a closure for the opening thereof when the supporting memberand binder are within the casing.

17 In a maintenance record of the class described the combination of acasing having an opening therein, a supporting plate slidably carriedwithin said casing and adapted to be extended through the openingthereof and supported in tipped relation thereby, a loose leaf bindermember carried by said -,-Su(pporting member upwardly thereof at a s1 ethereof, a closure member hinged to the outer end'of saidsupporting-member, lock means for connecting the closure member to thecasing to provide a closure for the opening thereof when the supportingmember and binder are within the casing, and spring means for normallyholding the supporting member within the casing.

18. In a maintenance record of the class described the combination of acasing having an opening therein, a supporting plate slidably carriedwithin said casing and adapted to be extended through the openingthereof and supported in tipped relation thereby, a loose leaf bindermember carried by said supportin member upwardly thereof at a sidethereo a closure member hinged to the outer end of saidsupportingmember, latch means for connecting the closure member to thecasing to provide a closure for the opening thereof when the supportingmember and binder are within the casing, spring means for normallyholding the supporting member'within the casing, and a leaf suportingmember hingedly connected to said hrst mentioned supporting memberadapted for lateral extension therefrom when opened.

19. In combination a casing, a supporting plate slidably carried by thecasing adapted or extension therefrom, closure means carried by saidsupporting member adapted to close the casing when the supporting memberis within the casing, a ring shaped loose leaf binder carried by saidsupporting plate upwardly 1 thereof and longitudinally at a sidethereof, leaves carried by said binder Within the area of the edges ofsaid supporting plate, and a hinged leaf supporting member pivotallycarried by said supporting plate adapted to close as a lid over saidleaves within the ed e area of said supporting plate to permit slidingwith the supporting plate into said casing, and when extended from thecasing being adapted to extend laterally from the supporting plate forsupporting eaves.

OBEL JUVET.

